Cherokee County couple sue plant over hot manhole cover

Atlanta

DULUTH, Minn. -- A Canton couple who visited Duluth, Minn., for a relative's wedding in August 2011 are suing a company over a hot manhole cover they say burned their then-2-year-old son.

Megan and Troy Brown decided to stop on the Lakewalk for a photo in front of the Aerial Lift Bridge. It was there that their son, Jacob, tripped and fell on a scalding hot manhole cover that left him with second-degree burns above his ankle, a lawsuit alleges.

The Browns are seeking more than $50,000 from the Duluth Steam Cooperative, which at the time operated the city's steam plant.